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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2016 Dec 5;93:19–27. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.12.001

Table 4.

The predictive value of anxiety and anger immediately before MI onset (0-2 hours) versus distant from MI onset (24-26 hours) for subsequent mortality during 10 years follow-up sex

N No. of Death Hazard Ratio (95%CI) p
Anxiety
Reference 1570 410 1.0
Distant 91 20 1.10 (0.70-1.73) 0.68
Immediate 87 26 1.61 (1.08-2.40) 0.020
Sustained/recurrent 76 20 1.69 (1.07-2.67) 0.024
Anger
Reference 1553 417 1.0
Distant 107 20 0.90 (0.57-1.41) 0.63
Immediate 83 20 1.36 (0.86-2.17) 0.19
Sustained/recurrent 79 19 1.64 (1.02-2.63) 0.039

Subgroups are defined as follows: “sustained/recurrent” = high 0-2 hour as well as high 24-26 hour levels before MI; “immediate” = high 0-2 hour and low 24-26 hour levels; “distant” = low 0-2 hour and high 24-26 hour levels; Reference = low 0-2 hours and 24-26 hour pre-MI.

Analyses adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, usual physical activity level, previous MI, and hypertension.